Yup. Not that early a date but we ran our corporate purchasing database
using Geisco and acoustic coupled TI Silent 700s.
On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 at 12:38, brian gray via olympus <
olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While we are discussing early experiences with computers, has anyone
> else memories of using a GEIS computer online about 1967?
> My recollection is of using a teleprinter in a small room in the UK and
> linking to a computer somewhere in the USA, presumably within General
> Electric. One could write simple programs in an early BASIC and it was
> a great improvement on a slide rule or the available desk calculators,
> and did not require those of us doing R&D to access the main IT
> department of the organisation for time on their mainframe.
> Brian Gray
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